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Nowhere mentioned in this article, but wasn't saltpetre given to prisoners to reduce "sexual urges" within prisons? Or is this an old wives tale?
by blantonl 4y ago
Nowhere mentioned in this article, but wasn't saltpetre given to prisoners to reduce "sexual urges" within prisons? Or is this an old wives tale?
- version_five 4y agoI heard a similar urban legend about it being added to army rations. People said it was added (in the 90s) to cigarettes to prevent them from going out, and that smoking could make you impotent (which I never saw actual evidence of)
- mfincham 4y agoThis is a very long lived urban legend.
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